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I'm happy to announce an updated Earthquake at Dawn, with a fresh Discussion Guide and Author Interview. Originally published by Harcourt for their Great Episodes Series, it won the Silver Medal for Best Book of the Year (1992) by the Commonwealth Club of California. It also was an ALA Best Book for Young Adults. The story:
It's April 18, 1906, and a powerful earthquake has just rocked San Francisco. Twenty-two year old photographer Edith Irvine and her assistant, Daisy Valentine (age 15), survive the tragedy. Armed with Edith's camera, the two women set out to document the shocking devastation--even as buildings crumble around them and soldiers promise to shoot anyone trying to photograph the crippled city.
Based on a 32-page letter written by earthquake survivor Mary Exa Atkins Campbell and the actual photographs taken by Edith Irvine, Earthquake at Dawn is a harrowing story of the courage and compassion of San Francisco's citizens, catastrophically thrown together in a world turned upside down.
** A New York Public Library Book for the Teen Age
** A YALSA Popular Paperback for Young Adults
**An NCSS-CBC Notable Children's Trade Book in the Field of Social Studies
** "Touching and exciting, this close-up has immediacy and an authentic voice that brings history vividly to life." -- Kirkus Reviews
** "Gregory does a good job of making the suffering and confusion dramatically vivid, and her writing style has vigor and pace." -- The Bulletin
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